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Oct 28, 20202 min read
Pompeo’s ‘strong remarks’ are needed to send a message to China
Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, hit out at China for being “no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency nor to freedom of...
Sep 25, 20203 min read
A mirror for Dr Kissinger
So Richard Nixon found Indian women unattractive and sexless. We shall not ask what Indian women thought of Richard Nixon: after all he...
Sep 2, 20202 min read
নোট পড়া শেষ করেই বাংলা উপন্যাসে মন
প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়ের প্রয়াণ-সংবাদটি যখন প্রথম কানে এল, বিশ্বাসই হচ্ছিল না। উনি ছিলেন যাকে বলে এক চিরস্থায়ী ব্যক্তিত্ব।...
Aug 28, 20203 min read
Of borders, walls and barriers
A closely guarded barrier—part concrete wall, part fence—separates the West Bank from Israel. Palestinian residents of the West Bank can...
Aug 18, 20204 min read
Kamala Harris and Her Race to the White House
At one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
Aug 4, 20203 min read
In Droll Londongrad
London steals a march over Washington, DC with its drollery, if that is the mot juste that Jeeves would have approved. Nothing is allowed...
Jul 15, 20204 min read
Neither East, Nor West, Only China
“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
Jul 12, 20203 min read
Kiss, tell, earn
But for the occasional, accidental one, we do not get too many revealing books by insiders of high offices. Perhaps because our insiders...
Jun 14, 20203 min read
Winter of Warsaw 1985
Pandemic pictures have given way to visuals of spiralling protests against the brutal police killing of a black man. Pictures on instant...
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